http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/39445.aspxSun, 22 Nov 2009 03:18:22 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:39445meldelizondoJournals are not just for writing activities. Journals can be used in all subject areas. Use these elementary journal entry ideas to set up journals in your classroom. Use these elementary journal entry ideas to put daily class work in. They can also be useful to look into journals for work samples when needed. Journals also make handy portfolios t...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56846.aspxSun, 22 Nov 2009 01:31:49 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56846ericagreenTeachers everywhere are faced with meeting student's needs, including English language learners. While the diversity is challenging for teachers, English language learners look to improve fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Adjust the strategies to meet the needs and abilities in your classroom. Fluency Help elementary English language learn...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56820.aspxSat, 21 Nov 2009 18:41:33 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56820NoreenThis article has a lesson plan and worksheet that reviews various genus and species associated with the theory of human evolution. The topic of evolution can be problematic in the classroom. If you can get past the creation versus evolution controversy, you have to deal with the reality of strange names, new terms, and the extremely distant past. U...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/25928.aspxSat, 21 Nov 2009 18:40:54 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:25928NoreenA fun assignment asking students to match a First Lady to a movie based on how they think she would define motherhood. There is a list of movies and a link to the First Ladies' biographies. A good lesson for Mother's Day or any time of year. There are many fun ways to tie holidays into a history lesson. After all, every holiday is rooted in...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/25713.aspxSat, 21 Nov 2009 09:17:18 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:25713LauriePatsalidesWondering what to do with the multitude of Valentine's days cards that you seem to collect year after year? Let's look at creating a life-long memory, and essential use for the cards so meticulously signed by your five or six year old student, especially for you. The Great Valentine Day Exchange Kindergarten children enjoy to exchange c...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/forum/p/51120/56685.aspx#56685Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:07:55 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56685jonathanwylieOk, not sure if this is the right place to post, but hopefully someone will see it, or let me know if this is the right place to post outlines or not. Everytime I try to access the K12 discussions, there is a dead link or missing page elements. Title : Using Glogster EDU to create interactive online posters Premise : A tutorial explaining: what Glo...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56681.aspxFri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:21 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56681meldelizondoMost students enjoy learning about our solar system, including the planets. These planets lesson plans will help your students be able to put their planet knowledge into practice. This lesson plan has each student create their own planet. You can also turn this into a group project. Use these planets lesson plans as part of a unit on the planets or...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/media/p/56658.aspxFri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:34 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56658LauriePatsalidesThis is a worksheet to correlate with a living and nonliving lesson plan for Kindergarten.http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56654.aspxFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:37 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56654LauriePatsalidesThis mouse craft for Kindergarten will serve as a compliment to a lesson about mice, animals, or as a great finish to a literature lesson, such as, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Making the Mouse Craft Students will enjoy making this Kindergarten mouse craft as a supplement to a story, or when learning about mice. Materials Needed For this Kindergar...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56561.aspxFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:11 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56561LauriePatsalidesCompare and contrast Kindergarten lesson plans are fun to teach. Watch as this teaching opens a young reader's mind toward a greater understanding of literature. After a few compare and contrast lessons such as this, Kindergarteners will learn to draw their own connections between books. Knuffle Bunny and Corduroy When doing a Kindergarten comp...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/8895.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:23 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8895ceraunnosOne of the most useful and important benefits of technology is its ability to aid us in constructing mental models of the world around us&#59; here are some simple ways of making this process even more successful. The same incremental approach also works in setting up technology efforts, also! Building mental models A critical step in learning ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/22848.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:50 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:22848Hawk1030This article explains how to teachers can handle habitually disruptive students and measures they can take to manage such recalcitrant behavior. Introduction Every teacher knows that it only takes one bad egg to ruin the dozen. The reality is that most teachers have two or three dozen students to contend with and more than one misbehaved student pe...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/18383.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:51:31 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:18383carekerrLapbooking is a whole language approach to education. It's often used to compliment a unit study or as an alternative to a book report, and can be a fun and motivating experience for teachers and students! What is Lapbooking? Lapbooking is a whole language learning approach that results in a keepsake of a project that your students will...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/14818.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:24:56 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14818gabbi525Multicultural learning is an important part of today's elementary curriculum, and teachers are always looking for units on holidays and customs. Here is the last of a 5 part series of easy to prepare kindergarten lesson plans. Part 5 is about celebrating Christmas in Italy. Italian Christmas Traditions Christmas Eve is a day of fasting, until a...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/17429.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:23:46 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:17429ceraunnosRobotics education can be used to teach a number of scientific and engineering concepts to youth, but this requires a versatile yet accessible robotics kit- LEGO has achieved this goal with their Mindstorms NXT robotics kit and software. Introduction Studying robotics in the classroom requires an affordable, capable, accessible robotics solution, a...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/8544.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:19:33 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8544lhinkleThis is a fun little geometry activity that should help students understand the importance of using deductive reasoning skills. Most experienced teachers know that some of the most successful classroom activities stem from spur of the moment ideas. Desperate to spark some interest or liven up a boring topic, we reach down deep to find something—any...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56627.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 20:55:19 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56627StrongmindSkip counting lesson plans require a good deal of inputs from various aspects of grasping level of 1st grade students. This lesson plan guide aims at implementing the teaching methodology to gain overall understanding of the subject. Introduction Skip counting lesson plans for the 1 st grade should take into account the absorption levels of the stu...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56602.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:40:56 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56602Lynx350Think that the RTI model is only useful for academic underachievers? Think again. The RTI model can also be used to correct behavioral issues. Read on for information about how to use RtI for behavior intervention. Tiers for Behavioral Intervention The concept of RTI is built around the idea of tiers. In order to use RTI for behavioral interven...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56562.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:11 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56562LauriePatsalidesKindergarten library lessons are essential for the incoming Kindergartener and can be taught throughout the school year, or as a whole library unit. In this Kindergarten library lesson, students will learn library etiquette, be introduced to a library character, Mr. Wiggle's and make a craft. Use of the Library for Kindergarteners Kindergarten ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/56560.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:28 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56560ElizabethWistromYour Kindergarten students will love learning more about angels with this cute angel paper craft and lesson. Parents will love having the special keepsake to display. Before beginning the angel paper craft, you may wish to give your students a brief background about angels and why they are often seen at Christmas time. Background Lesson The word “a...